This happened to me a few years back.
It drove me nuts. It was alive and fluttering. Itchy and ticklish at the same time. I was banging my head on the wall, yelling and even tried the vacuum cleaner. No help.
I was panicking because my brain is 90% army surplus wool and I think he was eating it. I was afraid if he kept eating, I’d end up voting Democrat.
Anyway, my wife quickly Asked Jeeves and the fix was baby oil.
Lay on your side, put in some oil, and it will die and float into reach. Immediately, in my case.
I think we killed it in time, I have not voted Left or anything. However, I caught myself coveting a few times since then... so, we’re keeping an eye on it. If that feeling develops into an economic policy... I’m committing myself.
Yep. I had this happen to me one time on a search and rescue job in Yellowstone Park. It drove me nuts, but had to continue on with the job. On the job was complete (we found the child -safe & sound)...I went to the clinic at Old Faithful and the doc pulled it out. It hurt like hell when he pulled it out. The doc said that he pulled bugs out of people's ears all the time. Once is enough for me.